medusæ

A form of medusa — A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles.

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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoletepluralplural of medusa

    During the four years that elapsed while the manuscript lay unstudied at Harvard, new forms had been discovered along our coast; and Nutting and Hargitt had published their papers upon the hydroids and medusæ of the Woods Hole region.

    1910, Alfred Goldsborough Mayor, Medusae of the World, volume I, page 1
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